DALLAS, TX.- The most decorated franchise in baseball history continued its winning ways in Heritage Auctions Yankee Legends auction, emphatically closing out annual auction sales in excess of $60 million for the sports collectibles category of the worlds largest collectibles auctioneer.

Key Yankees documents broke the bank in the Dec. 10 auction, with Lou Gehrigs 1931 Yankees contract commanding $216,000 and Derek Jeters 1992 scouting reportthe earliest article of Yankees ephemera relating to the sure-fire member of the 2020 Hall of Fame classfinding a new owner at $102,000.

Autographed baseballs, the hobbys bedrock foundation, set exciting new auction prices  a welcome indicator of the markets enduring strength. Five signed spheres soared past the $100,000 mark in spirited online bidding, most notably a $228,000 result for a 1915 Eddie Plank single signed baseball, second only to Heritages mark of $388,375 for a PSA/DNA Mint+ 9.5 Babe Ruth single sold in 2012. Fellow Dead Ball Era legend Shoeless Joe Jackson followed close behind on a multi-signed sphere that commanded more than $171,000.

This has been the busiest period in our history, Chris Ivy, director of Sports Collectibles at Heritage Auctions said of the months spent in preparation for this special three-auction sequence. Its gratifying to see all that hard work pay off. To see confirmation that the market can absorb this high volume of elite material.

Mickey Mantle game used material also registered multiple six-figure results in this high-octane event, with a 1951 rookie model garnering $168,000, his 1960 World Series gamer drawing $108,000, and his 1965 Game Used Fielders Glove bringing $144,000.

Other notable results include:

 $120,000: 1926 New York Yankees Team-Signed Baseball from The Lou Gehrig Collection, the finest example known